Ventilator Troubleshooting

Question 1

Need to improve SPO2 %, change ____ and then ___.

Answer 1

FiO2

PEEP

Question 2

Hypercarbic pt’s would benefit from the follow two changes to their vent settings..

Answer 2

RR

Tv

Question 3

A formula to find the target RR or Volume would be:

Answer 3

(Current CO2 x [ RR or volume] ) / desired CO2

Question 4

(%FiO2 x P 1 ) / P 2 = %FiO2 secondary

Answer 4

I don’t remember what P stands for….